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The OpenVPN client at the top right will have a button that allows you to see the connection logs, grab those and bring them here for us to look at.

I see the MUG! & a sticker...good man!

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Ahhh, good to see fellow representers! Well done chaps. On another note the EHW T-Shirt has now been released.

....Speaks for experience lol.

Ha, we all knew AI was going to strike using mankind's ultimate weakness. Porn.

So, while I said no Asus....Annoyingly, out of the bunch right now, the Asus ProArt seems to have the best balanced feature set so far. It has a really up to date external I/O feature set which no other board is offering and unlike some of the boards in a similar price range has 2x GEN 5 M.2 slots and 2x GEN 5 PCie x16 Slots. I am not planning to do heavy overclocking, it comes with a smaller 16+1 Power Stage at 70 Amps but unless someone says otherwise, I cannot see that being a huge limiting factor here. With time being low and Overclocking being less of a priority these days (Yes I said it), I think it could be a winner at its price point, currently £559. I am not really looking to keep upgrading the motherboard as it is one of those items I think should last a few gens before you "Have" to swap it out. Though that is still a question mark with Intel with there socket changes, that being said the Pro Art is also available on AM5. After taking a look at virtually all the boards, they all seem to have rather annoying nuances, such as only 1x PCIe 5 M.2 slot, which they think is OK to make up with by providing an additional add-in card, or only 1x PCIe Gen 5 x16 slot....with the rest being PCIe 3.0. I am looking at you Gigabyte Aorus Master, which ironically on the surface looked like a decent board until you check under the hood. Though, they are not the only guilty ones. The MSI Godlike is also a weird one, while you are paying for some gimmicks like the integrated screen etc, at £1100+ I would expect more that ONE...yes ONE Gen 5 M.2 slot. All the other 6 M.2's are Gen 4. I know the board has more focus on Overclocking and increased memory speed compatibility but I would have hoped for a more logical layout. Not sure if it is me, but the way GEN 5 for PCie has been utilized on some of these boards is dumb at best. I would understand it at the lower priced segment, but in the £550+ market or at the more wild £1100+, that is absolute bull. Perhaps I am just grumpy!

Thanks, I will look over some of those. Something that just made me laugh though, I checked out the EVGA Z790 Dark, while I know the core purpose of that board is for overclocking, it sort of made me laugh they did not include a single Gen 5 M.2 slot, but they felt it important to keep the serial port for old school mice and keyboards.

Release.

Hello all, It is important to me that the site is as accessible as possible, a clear missing feature from this site, and frankly many others on the internet is the ability to increase text size to make reading easier for those who have difficulties with their sight. Considering that the age demographic of those using the internet is increasing, accessibility features like this is important. Using the browser to zoom in on text areas is a clunky solution at best and accessibility features should be baked into sites as a native feature. I am pleased to announce that we have added the ability to allow all users to increase the text size in posts and private messages. It is possible we will develop this feature further to encompass other areas of the site. Any future updates will be made here. You can access this setting via your Account Settings > Theme Settings. Failing that you can use this LINK Thanks all, E

You know what, that is something I did not take into account again, Intel has a really bum upgrade path for CPU's as they really enjoy changing sockets....

I was waiting for someone to bring that up. I am weighing up my options, I know while a laptop would be nice...the enthusiast in me may have buyers regret sometimes down the line.

Hey guys, I may consider upgrading my system to adopt the DDR5 Platform after saving up a little and with the sale of my current core components will also offset the cost. So a new motherboard CPU & RAM. CPU & RAM are fairly easy selections but I feel it would be good to get some opinions on the motherboards. I am with AMD at the moment with the 5950X but considering a move over to Intel. It is likely I will opt for the 13900K/KS. I have taken a quick look at the motherboards, I tend not to skimp on them as I tend to go with something that has a decent feature set and offers reliable overclocking. Being that onboard 10Gb NIC is a must for me, that already puts me in the £500-600 range straight away as the cheaper motherboards only come with 2.5Gb NIC's. I know....I am such a snob . With my home network running mostly over 10Gb, it would be wild to gimp my PC. The first motherboard from SCAN over here in the UK that fits the bill is the Gigabyte Intel Z790 AORUS MASTER. I will need to do some reading on it but Gigabyte has been a reliable brand for me in the past. I am avoiding Asus like the plague, and that is not just because of the bashing they have taken lately (and rightly so) but my last two attempts with "premium" Asus boards has been a sad affair. They fooled me twice, a third time I am not willing. If anyone here who has a Z790 motherboard has any suggestions, I would be glad to hear them. Many thanks, E

Interesting, looks like the connection for the Antenna does actually differ, you learn something new everyday! Good luck with your testing

I guess it will be ok at Cinebench!

The Intel Chip is NGFF Key E. So long as the slot on the motherboard supports that, you should be fine. Also assuming this is going in a Laptop, that laptop will already have Antennae cables, you can re-use those as the connection points are a set standard so far as I recall.

Threadripper was awesome back in the day, but they as expected, prlced themselves out of awesome. While I get its a higher tier product segment, AMD could have made a killing if they kept the TR series within reach of your standard consumers.

That is some sweet looking RAM, though I wonder what the Cas Latency is like at those speeds @Avacado we should review this kit

Welcome @firedfly !

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It is also worth noting you can disable "Power Throttling" on Windows using a piece of software called "Winaero tweaker" https://www.google.com/amp/s/winaero.com/winaero-tweaker/

Hey guys, So I thought it would be cool for those who have some EHW merchandise to post up some images of them being worn or used. I will go ahead and start. I was helping my partners sister move in this weekend, it was a hot day, so I thought why not wear my white t-shirt and cap to keep cool and represent! Note that the t-shirt is currently being trialed and will hopefully be available soon for all! Thanks, E

Have you enabled Windows "Ultra Performance" power mode ? I am not sure whether or not that would have the desired effect to get the CPU to the desired speed. I assume you are not hitting thermal limits ? How to Enable the Ultimate Performance Power Plan in Windows 10 WWW.HOWTOGEEK.COM Microsoft has added an “Ultimate Performance” power scheme to Windows 10 April 2018 Update. It’s built upon the High-Performance...

Lol what ? You see that is the sort of stuff which is absolute bull. You should be able to load up whatever you want drivers/OS wise without receiving a penalty for doing so. So wrong.